The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...
Researchers examine insular faunal extinction and human colonization during the Quaternary Period. Humans have colonized islands since at least the Early Pleistocene Epoch. However, whether early ...
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Brazil protects huge coastal area with endangered dolphins and megafauna fossils
By Shanna Hanbury Brazil’s federal government created a huge conservation area on March 6 to protect a critical biodiversity ...
Smithsonian scientist’s research illustrates how North American ecosystems are still reeling from the megafaunal extinction that closed the ice ages Jack Tamisiea During the late Pleistocene, ...
A new study combining Indigenous knowledge systems with Western genomics has uncovered how megafauna – namely ancient horses – were impacted during a period of substantial habitat change. During the ...
The cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, was a prominent member of the Pleistocene megafauna in Europe, whose evolutionary history and ecological dynamics continue to captivate palaeontologists and evolutionary ...
New research led by UNSW Sydney paleontologists challenges the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted Australia's megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors.
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